For all those of you who celebrate their birthdays on May 21, Microsoft may have a major surprise lined up for you (or they just might steal your special day’s thunder, depending on how you look at it). The company has sent out invites for a special event they will be hosting on the Xbox Campus in Redmond, Washington and it is no surprise what we might get to witness there.The invite reads “A New Generation Revealed,” which is obviously a tagline to promote their next generation console. Currently codenamed Durango, many expect that the May 21 event would reveal some details about the Xbox 720 (which is what many are thinking it will be called).Microsoft is remaining tight-lipped about what revelations might be in store for the 21st. What we do know is that they will...

A few weeks ago Gameinformer made Batman: Arkham Origins official. The game is the third in the Arkham franchise after Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. The first two games in the franchise were single player experiences only and both the games were really awesome.This time around, the development baton of the game has passed from Rocksteady (who made the first two games), to Warner Bros. Games Montreal. The game will be a prequel to the first two games.Kotaku has reported that the Batman: Arkham Origins will support multiplayer. According to Kotaku, the source that is giving the information about multiplayer is the same source that spoke about the existence of the game before its official unveiling.Kotaku says that during one section of the multiplayer of Arkham Origins...

Electronic Arts has announced it will be shutting down some titles on Facebook. The three games that are going to be shut are The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society. The games are slated to go offline on June 14, 2013.EA says in an official announcement:“Today we are informing players of the difficult decision to retire some of our Facebook games: The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society.After millions of people initially logged in to play these games, the number of players and amount of activity has fallen off. For people who have seen other recent shutdowns of social games, perhaps this is not surprising.EA will continue to deliver popular titles for Facebook, most notably games from PopCap, including Bejeweled Blitz, Solitaire Blitz and the recently-announced...